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OBJECT TYPE: horizontal stabiliser section
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0143.001

MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: horizontal stabiliser section
Patents: N/A
General Description: Predominantly smooth silver metal exterior; metal, synthetic and possibly fibreglass (?) components.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 107.0 cm
Width: 27.0 cm
Height: 99.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: McDonnell Douglas
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Before 1967; possibly also used later as display/study item.
Canada: Designed, built and used by National Research Council of Canada to operate flight impact simulators. [FIS] This research, conducted in Canada since the mid-1960s, has contributed to making aircraft as bird resistant as possible. This piece is a section of the horizontal stabiliser of a McDonnell Douglas DC-8. It is believed to originate from an accident which occurred at Ottawa on May 19, 1967 involving TCA DC-8-54F aircraft CF-TJM, fin #813. [Ref. 4]
Function: Contributes to longitudinal (pitch) and/or directional (yaw) stability and control of an airplane.
Technical: The Dash 8 stabiliser is a typical airplane component used during test firings. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: No dominant external markings visible. Markings on exposed panel of frame include"5654518-4", "B [logo] 16", and "CLAD 707ST6".
Missing: Not complete: specific components missing are unknown. Two large holes present in structure.
Finish: Predominantly smooth silver metal exterior; metal, synthetic and possibly fibreglass (?) components.
Decoration: N/A

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McDonnell Douglas, Airplane part, before 1967, Artifact no. 2013.0143, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0143.001/

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